Surviving are his five nieces Elizabeth Zeiger, Catherine McGarvey, Carol Good, Mary Alice Litehizer, Lorraine Herrold and nephews David and Daniel Barner and cousin Irene Olley. Good friends Kenneth and wife Suzanne Stuck of Harrisburg, and Richard Crossett of Mifflinburg.
Luther retired from the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania in 1988 as an auditor, and was a United States Navy Veteran of WWII.
He is predeceased by his partner of 62 years, Richard McClaren, also four brothers Edward, Lewis, Robert, John and three sisters Naomi Barner, Catherine Rohland, Margaret Herrold.
Memorial contributions can be made to Downtown Daily Bread, 310 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, or at downtowndailybread.org.
Services and burial will be private in Union Cemetery Selinsgrove, PA.